''Defending Our Lives'' is a 1993 American
short documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
directed by
Margaret Lazarus,
Stacey Kabat and
Renner Wunderlich Renner Wunderlich (born May 5, 1947) is an American film producer/ film director known for his work in documentary film. He and his partner, Margaret Lazarus, received an Oscar in 1993 for their documentary ''Defending Our Lives'', about battered ...
. It won an
Oscar
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at the
66th Academy Awards
The 66th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1993 and took place on March 21, 1994, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p. ...
in 1994 for
Documentary Short Subject.
See also
*
Domestic Violence Documentaries
* ''
The Conspiracy of Silence
''The Conspiracy of Silence'' is a 1995 television documentary that outlines the problem of domestic violence in the United States, and describes some solutions. The title refers to an unspoken pact in an abusive relationship, in which the abu ...
,'' a Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) documentary
* ''
Power and Control: Domestic Violence in America'', a documentary about domestic violence and the community-based
Duluth Model
The Duluth Model (also known as Domestic Abuse Intervention Project or DAIP or Pence's model) is a program developed to reduce domestic violence against women. It is named after Duluth, Minnesota, the city where it was developed. The program wa ...
to reduce domestic violence
* ''
Silent Voices,'' a United Kingdom documentary
* ''
Sin by Silence
''Sin by Silence'' is a domestic violence documentary film by Olivia Klaus that offers a unique gateway into the lives of women who are the tragedies living worst-case scenarios and survivors - women who have killed their abusive husbands. Based o ...
,'' a documentary
References
External links
''Defending Our Lives''at Cambridge Documentary Films
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1993 films
1993 documentary films
1993 independent films
1993 short films
American short documentary films
Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award winners
American independent films
Films about domestic violence
Documentary films about violence against women
1990s English-language films
1990s American films
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